EPTpersonally, i'm in durham, at the heart of it (as far as i know) and i'm loving it! snow is awesome.
Snow Chaos in the UK - Page 2
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kerpal
United Kingdom2695 Posts
personally, i'm in durham, at the heart of it (as far as i know) and i'm loving it! snow is awesome. | ||
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
Winter has become a little colder over the last few years (you can analyse why this might be to death) but the point is we don't invest in snow preperations because it's hard to justify them. So a few schools shut for a few days a year? Hardly a big deal. I think also a lot of people really like the random break. Snow is fun. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Web-chan
Russian Federation61 Posts
For me it seems a little pathetic, seeing as coutries like Russia are used to meters of the stuff and they seem to cope with it quite well. I wish there were meters of snow now. Cause there's not a lot of it but the temperature was like -22 C today in the morning. I was like "omg I'm gonna freeze to death" today | ||
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ondik
Czech Republic2908 Posts
 On December 01 2010 20:47 bmml wrote: Whats really shit is my driving test is tommorow and I've never driven in wintery conditions  .you gotta skate + Show Spoiler +  | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:47 bmml wrote: Whats really shit is my driving test is tommorow and I've never driven in wintery conditions .Refuse to drive if your car is not equipped with snow/"winter" tires. Instant exam passing. Other than that, drive as slowly as needed to be able to maneuver the car perfectly. You'll have to deal with the fact that the distance the car needs to stop when on a snowy road is several times longer than usual. You'll also run the risk of sliding, which is yet another reason to drive slowly when the road is covered in snow/ice even. If it snows while you're driving, switch on the lights. If it snows heavily, again, I'd refuse to drive without proper tires. You're just begging for an accident to happen in that case. On a different note, why can't people stop writing "happends" already? It's fucking annoying. Learn to write properly. If you're so fond of saving effort when writing, why do you make the extra movement to add random letters to words? | ||
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:47 bmml wrote: Whats really shit is my driving test is tommorow and I've never driven in wintery conditions .If anything the snow will be an advantage. It gives you reason to drive REALLY slow, examiners love that. | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
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jacen
Austria3644 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:30 jello_biafra wrote: Anyway here's the view out my window atm ![[image loading]](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1962/dsc00015kg.jpg) So? Here is my window: ![[image loading]](http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/6489/img20101201131309.jpg) Nothing grinds to a halt here. Everything operational as always. I don't get it ... | ||
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Baz
United Kingdom289 Posts
Totally pathetic, but hilarious at the same time. Its like they forget what happened last year every time, and don't prepare. View from my flat window, in Leeds, England Its hard to see because its also a bit foggy, but to the top right going left across the screen is a stand still on a busy road. They are literally not moving lol ![[image loading]](http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll82/Bazooka99/76484_10150094506315962_508795961_7456436_7892140_n.jpg) | ||
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On December 01 2010 21:15 Integra wrote: It's funny how England ALWAYS gets taken by surprise. "Oh shit, it's snowing" and then the country breaks down. Meanwhile Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway wonders how the hell, after all these years STILL England hasn't learned their lesson by now about snow and what might happen during november.... November is an Autumn month. Over the past 20 years it's been really rare for it to snow in November in the UK. This is the most November snow for 17 years. Oh wow Countries where it snows more often are more prepared... duh? | ||
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Gridlock
United Kingdom517 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6287/doncaster2010120100109.jpg) | ||
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Wassow
United Kingdom32 Posts
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KwarK
United States44319 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:25 Kennigit wrote: The article says up to 30cm fell. It's not that the snow itself is bad, its that the govt isn't set to deal with it. In canada when theres big snow fall, the roads are loaded with salt/sand trucks + plows all night long and through the day + snow tires + everyone is used to driving in it. It sounds ridiculous, but its actually a pretty reasonable situation imo.] edit: ah i didn't realize this happens every year. Do you not have snow tires in UK lol? Until the last 3 years I hadn't seen snow in any real quantity in over a decade. The problem is whenever it doesn't snow for a few years people demand to know why we're wasting all this money on precautions and then you get this happening. If it keeps snowing this consistently we'll get the hang of it. | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6642 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:52 KoN_Ulla wrote: Ah, ok, but Norwegian newspaper/radios still makes fun of you for that one day ^^. And I know we are prepered for it and you guys arent, but I find it strange that airports forexample does not have salt and equipment ready for the winter (don't know if thats the case now). And November was warm there? Here we got the coldest November since 1880, no snow tho, but we had a week of snow early in october. Bah, its like 6 months intill I can were shorts agian, next year I wanna try to escape the winter, don't like it! You are right though, the media and a lot of people over react and freak out every time some snow comes along. All the roads are gritted and the buses are still running and shit, don't see the problem myself. Here's another pic I took, gives a better idea of the depth of snow. ![[image loading]](http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/6079/dsc00017u.jpg) On December 01 2010 21:16 jacen wrote: So? Here is my window: Nothing grinds to a halt here. Everything operational as always. I don't get it ... A. That looks less snowy B. As I said, nothing has ground to a halt (at least where I live) On December 01 2010 21:20 Gridlock wrote: I'm in Doncaster, obligatory pic from window... It appears that I'm a noob and don't know how to resize sorry + Show Spoiler + Go to your profile and check the 'Resize large images that distort the layout' box. | ||
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HeaDStrong
Scotland785 Posts
But here in the UK (Scotland) it so much worse. Back in Latvia where I come from it get's much colder, we get much more snow. But here you get snow + rain + hail + wind ++++.... it's horrible. ^_^ Last christmas I was luck to get home because the airport was closed just until my flight was scheduled. But I almost froze to death in the airport as it's not much more than a simple barn.... Right now having 5-10cm of now outside my window. | ||
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Gridlock
United Kingdom517 Posts
On December 01 2010 21:36 jello_biafra wrote: Go to your profile and check the 'Resize large images that distort the layout' box. Thanks mate! | ||
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teazea
United Kingdom1 Post
Countries that have this every year are obviously going to be much better prepared, its pretty much a no-brainer | ||
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Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
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